the little one, who was fond of all animals, I 

 took her with me to show her the deer play- 

 ing. As they were running about on the 

 shore I sent her out of our hiding, in a sud- 

 den spirit of curiosity, to see what the deer 

 and fawns would do. True to her instruc- 

 tions, the little one walked out very slowly 

 into the midst of them. They started at first; 

 two of the old deer circled down instantly to 

 wind her; but even after getting her scent, 

 the suspicious man-scent that most of them 

 had been taught to fear, they approached 

 fearlessly, their ears set forward, and their ex- 

 pressive tails down without any of the nerv- 

 ous wiggling that is so manifest whenever 

 their owners catch the first suspicious smell 

 in the air. The child, meanwhile, sat on the 

 shore, watching the pretty creatures with wide- 

 eyed curiosity, but obeying my first whispered 

 instructions like a little hero and keeping 

 still as a hunted rabbit. Two little spotted 

 fawns were already circling about her play- 

 fully, but the third went straight up to her, 

 stretching his nose and ears forward to show 

 his friendliness, and then drawing back to 



